Earth Science End-of-Year Review

Question 1

What unit would you use to find the length of a small fish?

Accepted Answer

centimeters

Question 2

What unit would I used to measure the distance between Illinois and Disney World?

Accepted Answer

kilometers

Question 3

How many mm are in this 1 cm wide penny?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 4

How are living organisms affected by water pollution?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 5

Hot springs are...

Accepted Answer

where groundwater reaches the surface and the water is warm

Question 6

If I take a vacation on the moon, which one of the following will not stay the same?

Accepted Answer

weight

Question 7

This form of energy is used to keep food warm, in thermal imaging, and remote controls.

Accepted Answer

infrared

Question 8

The constellations appear to be close to each other because...

Accepted Answer

they are so far away from earth

Question 9

Sixth grade Earth Science has been...

Accepted Answer

cool, interesting, amazing, fun

Question 10

The three things that must be identified in a procedure are...

Accepted Answer

the variable, the control, and the constants

Question 11

Which letter represents the mantle?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 12

There are _______ cm in one meter.

Accepted Answer

100

Question 13

The "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean is mostly caused by subduction zones happening at...

Accepted Answer

convergent plate boundaries

Question 14

Which layer holds the earth's tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 15

You can spot this "hunter" by first locating the three stars that make his belt.

Accepted Answer

Orion

Question 16

What kind of weather accompanies a low pressure system?

Accepted Answer

rainy, stormy weather

Question 17

Tectonic plates move, interact with each other, and are responsible for the formation of ocean basins, mountain range

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Accepted Answer

argon

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of an increase in greenhouse gases?

Accepted Answer

less droughts

Question 20

A glacier is formed when the...

Accepted Answer

pressure of the increasing snow converts the snow into ice.

Question 21

How many millimeters are in a meter?

Accepted Answer

1000

Question 22

Glaciers are moving bodies of ice.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Spiderman got bit by a radioactive spider and became superhuman. This is a...

Accepted Answer

fact

Question 24

What can oil spills do to birds?

Accepted Answer

make them lose the ability to fly

Question 25

This image is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

gully

Question 26

Which type of rock forms when lava crystallizes and cools?

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 27

A measure of how much of a rock is open space is called...

Accepted Answer

porosity

Question 28

Snow White is thinking of a way to test her hypothesis that the apples are poisoned. She...

Accepted Answer

is designing a procedure

Question 29

What is the correct metric unit for measuring the amount of liquid in this bottle?

Accepted Answer

liters

Question 30

How do rocks on the surface of the earth get broken down?

Accepted Answer

erosion and weathering

Question 31

Wind is caused by air pressure differences in the atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

An aquifer is all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

impermeable

Question 33

What do we call molten hot liquid rock that stays below the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

Magma

Question 34

What type of heat transfer is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

conduction

Question 35

Which of the following does not describe the relationship between air pressure and altitude?

Accepted Answer

When altitude increases, air pressure increases

Question 36

Eating less meat can help conserve water.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

We use most of the groundwater to help...

Accepted Answer

grow the food we eat

Question 38

What method of heat transfer is responsible for the weather patterns we see on earth?

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 39

This has the MOST energy on the electomagnetic spectrum.

Accepted Answer

gamma rays

Question 40

This is the only energy wave that we can SEE on the electormagnetic spectrum.

Accepted Answer

visible light

Question 41

The majority of the earth’s atmosphere is composed of which two gases?

Accepted Answer

nitrogen and oxygen

Question 42

Why do stars appear to "rise" and "set" each night?

Accepted Answer

the earth is rotating on its axis

Question 43

The Big Dipper is not a constellation. It is part of a constellation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

What constellation is the big dipper a part of?

Accepted Answer

Ursa Major

Question 45

Groundwater spreads out when it reaches...

Accepted Answer

the impermeable layer

Question 46

What is the method for finding the volume of an irregular-shaped object called?

Accepted Answer

water displacement

Question 47

Which type of plate boundary causes earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

transform

Question 48

The problem title is always stated as a....

Accepted Answer

a question

Question 49

What method of heat transfer are Spongebob and Patrick experiencing in the picture?

Accepted Answer

radiation

Question 50

Winds do not travel in a straight path on earth because of...

Accepted Answer

the Coriolis effect

Question 51

Which of the following sets of prefixes shows the correct order from largest to smallest?

Accepted Answer

kilo, base, centi, milli

Question 52

The upper zone of an aquifer is called the...

Accepted Answer

aeration zone

Question 53

My prediction is that the SuperGro fertilizer will help my plants grow taller. This is my....

Accepted Answer

hypothesis

Question 54

How many meters are in a kilometer?

Accepted Answer

1000

Question 55

What tool is used to measure the volume of an irregular solid?

Accepted Answer

graduated cylinder

Question 56

The Hoover Dam is an example of a ...

Accepted Answer

reservoir

Question 57

Which of the following tools would you use to find the mass of an object?

Accepted Answer

triple beam balance

Question 58

Why do we see different constellations at different times of the year?

Accepted Answer

the earth is revolving around the sun

Question 59

The stars in a constellation are all close to each other.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 60

The base unit for metric temperature is...

Accepted Answer

Celsius

Question 61

Water that is moving from a higher altitude to a lower altitude is considered...

Accepted Answer

running water

Question 62

Which letter represents the outer core?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 63

What metric temperature is this?

Accepted Answer

100 degrees Celsius

Question 64

What is the definition of a control?

Accepted Answer

something that is compared to the variable

Earth Science End-of-Year Review

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Earth Science End-of-Year Review

Questions 70